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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 28]
TRANSLATION
The yogīs should contemplate with full devotion upon the compassionate glances frequently cast by the Lord's eyes, for they soothe the most fearful threefold agonies of His devotees. His glances, accompanied by loving smiles, are full of abundant grace.
PURPORT
As long as one is in conditional life, in the material body, it is natural that he will suffer from anxieties and agonies. One cannot avoid the influence of material energy, even when one is on the transcendental plane. Sometimes disturbances come, but the agonies and anxieties of the devotees are at once mitigated when they think of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His beautiful form or the smiling face of the Lord. The Lord bestows innumerable favors upon His devotee, and the greatest manifestation of His grace is His smiling face, which is full of compassion for His pure devotees.
TEXT 32
हासं हरेखनताखिललोकतीव्र- शोकाश्वसागरविशोषणमत्युदारम् । सम्मोहनाय रचितं निजमाययास्य भ्रूमण्डलं मुनिकृते मकरध्वजस्य ॥३२॥
hāsam harer avanatākhila-loka-tīvra- śokāśru-sāgara-viśoṣaṇam atyudāram sammohanāya racitam nija-māyayāsya bhrū-maṇḍalam muni-kṛte makara-dhvajasya
hāsam—the smile; hareḥ—of Lord Śrī Hari; avanata—bowed; akhila—all; loka—for persons; tīvra-śoka—caused by intense grief; aśru-sāgara—the ocean of tears; viśoṣaṇam—drying up; ati-udāram—most benevolent; sammohanāya—for charming; racitam—manifested; nija-māyayā—by His internal potency; asya—His; bhrū-maṇḍalam—arched eyebrows; muni-kṛte—for the good of the sages; makara-dhvajasya—of the sex god.
TRANSLATION
A yogī should similarly meditate on the most benevolent smile of Lord Śrī Hari, a smile which, for all those who bow to Him, dries away the